I just got this little guy from my local fish dealer. He ordered it from his wholesaler for me. It was being sold as a Gold Spangled Pike. I was just curious to what its real name is? Also, what should I get to feed this little fella?
ID?? Gold Spangled Pike
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Worms are a pikes best friend.
Red worms are best for smaller pike, they wiggle alot, hence they trigger predation instincts something juvy wild caught pike seem to react well to.
Generally when you get a pike it is of a small size and wild. When you try to get it to eat prepared food (pellets, or flake ) it turns it's nose up at it. Worms as a whole are disease free, parasite free, and their movement triggers the pikes instinct for predation as well as being very nutritious to boot. I hate it when I drop a massivore pellet in the tank and they blow half the pellet out their gills. The rest of the pellet sits on the floor and rots leading to hole in the head and a laundry list of problems. With the worms you get some worm pooh blown out the gills, but it seems to be much less of a problem especially if you have a planted tank.
Red worms are best for smaller pike, they wiggle alot, hence they trigger predation instincts something juvy wild caught pike seem to react well to.
Generally when you get a pike it is of a small size and wild. When you try to get it to eat prepared food (pellets, or flake ) it turns it's nose up at it. Worms as a whole are disease free, parasite free, and their movement triggers the pikes instinct for predation as well as being very nutritious to boot. I hate it when I drop a massivore pellet in the tank and they blow half the pellet out their gills. The rest of the pellet sits on the floor and rots leading to hole in the head and a laundry list of problems. With the worms you get some worm pooh blown out the gills, but it seems to be much less of a problem especially if you have a planted tank.
your pike look like a crenicichla venezuelai got him some tuffies today. i dont know where to find small worms around here. im gonna try to get him to eat pellet food in the next couple of weeks. when my old pike got to about 8" i started feeding him jumbo min to save money. after 5 years of feeding him only jumbo min i decided to get him some comets. lets put it this way i had alot of dead comets in the tank and he was hungry for jumbo min. lol
i dont know if this is a Venezuela. all the pics ive seen of vens have small spots all over them. this guy dosnt have those spots. i think i need a second opinion....
thanks
i dont know if this is a Venezuela. all the pics ive seen of vens have small spots all over them. this guy dosnt have those spots. i think i need a second opinion....
thanks
Optimist;2368441; said:
yes that is it, thank you!!! i found a bunch of articles about them and the "Spangled Pike" is a common name for them...
Spangled pike is a common name for any of the 40+ species of the saxatilis group pikes (anyone know how many there are now?). It might be hard to tell which one it is exactly until its an sub adult/adult. Great group of fish to keep though. Rarely get more than 10", colorful, can handle a wide range of water quality, and are inexpensive/easy to get. Have fun with it.
I have an adult Cr. proteus in a large community tank with other large fish like geos, caquetaia, paratheraps, dats, plecos, and some other random things ). She is fine in there, only taking a charge or flaring every now and then. But there are a lot of fish (30ish), so no one gets singled out.